Well FWIW, with our onboard converter-charger switched off, the 2200 Honda runs our 11kbtu Coleman (with Easy-start) in Eco without a hitch - but my understanding is that what happens (at least with a single Honda) is that it’ll handle brief excursions to max wattage (say to 2000w), but rated at 1600w on a continuous basis - this to allow for such things as compressor starts - I’ve not heard of a ‘30 min rule’ (makes no electrical sense to me…), so it still seems a bit odd that two paralleled Honda 2000’s would not be designed to replicate this same common sense and practical feature??
On a slightly different note, motors do tend to draw more running amperage after initial warm-up (20 or so minutes), and at temps rising above about 95d/f, while altitude will slightly de-rate generator output…
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